Farewell video of London 7/7 bomber

LONDON (Reuters) - A video of Mohammad Sidique Khan, the ringleader of the July 7 London bombings, saying goodbye to his baby daughter was shown to the jury deciding whether three men had helped plot the attacks.

Khan, one of the four British Islamists who killed 52 in suicide bombings on the capital's transport network in 2005, made the video in November 2004, before he went to Pakistan with fellow bomber Shehzad Tanweer, Kingston Crown Court heard.

"Sweetheart, I've not got too long to go now and I'm going to really, really miss you a lot. You've been the happiest thing in my life," Khan is heard saying on the video, while holding his daughter in his arms.

The video was one of two shown to the jury at the trial of three men accused of helping the bombers plot their attacks.

On Friday the jury at Kingston Crown Court failed to reach a verdict against Waheed Ali, Mohammed Shakil, and Sadeer Saleem, from Beeston, Leeds, on a charge of conspiracy to cause explosions.

They said that although they knew the bombers, their friendship was innocent.

In the first video shown to the court, Khan, 30, says how much he will miss seeing his daughter growing up.

"I wish I could have been part of your life," he said. "I just so much wanted to be with you but I have to do this thinking for our future and it will be for the best, Inshallah (God willing) in the long run.

"But most importantly I entrust you to Allah and let Allah take care of you. And I'm doing what I'm doing for the sake of Islam ... it's not for materialistic or worldly benefits."